07 December 2010

a crappy day in history

first pearl harbor in 1941, then the winecoff fire, the worst hotel fire in american history right here in atlanner in 1946 --- william f. winecoff was one of the original developers of ansley park, and built one of the first houses there, which burned down in 1911 --- he then built his eponymous hotel, which opened in 1913, advertised as "absolutely fireproof" --- winecoff and his wife resided on one of the upper floors --- both died in the fire, along with 117 others --- that's some rough karma or something there ---


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